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Judgment Day: Should you buy shares in Mouchel Parkman?

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THIS group provides a range of support and engineering services to companies and public-sector bodies in Britain. Mouchel Parkman helps to manage and maintain infrastructure such as road and rail networks, public buildings, waste sites and gas and water supply. It also builds and runs schools.

The company’s customers include London Underground, National Grid Transco, BG, United Utilities and Centrica as well as central and local government.

The firm was formed in 2003 by the merger of Mouchel and Parkman Group and is run by Richard Cuthbert, chief executive. In its last financial year the company made a pre-tax profit of £10m on a turnover of £272m.

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